173 Where there are men, there is strife
During the day, he was still discussing with the ministers, determining the reward for Duoduo, and enshrined Duoduo as the Prince of Heshuo Deyu, and was ready to wait for Duoduo to return to the teacher, and then let the little emperor of Shunzhi go to greet him, expressing his favor for Duoduo, but now at this moment, everything turned into foam, and he was like a dream, waking up from a dream and in a cold sweat.
Soon, Fan Wencheng and Sonny came to Dolgon's palace again, and together with Hong Chengchou and Zierharang, several important ministers of the Qing Dynasty, compared with the situation of seeing Dolgon's face full of spring breeze before, at this moment Dolgon is like a mourner, and his face is obviously covered with black clouds. They also knew, just now, an eight-hundred-mile war report came, but they didn't know what it was yet.
"Let's all take a look, this is an eight-hundred-mile expedited from Hauge, let's talk about what to do?" Dolgon shook the battle report in his hand, and immediately threw it to everyone present.
Zilharang took it and looked at it, and was immediately shocked, and then looked at everyone, everyone's faces were gloomy and gloomy, Hauge did not write many words on it, a few very simple words: the Ming army recovered Nanjing, Duoduo was captured, Belenikan, Beizi Tunji, Tulai and others were all killed, Boluo, Zhunta, Wu Zhaosheng and other soldiers were defeated and fled back to Shandong, 100,000 troops, only less than 6,000 people fled back to Shandong, and the Ming army recaptured the land of Nanzhili.
Hauge doesn't know much about the specific battle situation, these situations are summarized by the oral account of the remnants of the defeated generals, why it will be lost so quickly, he is not very clear, he can only write a rough idea, at the same time Hauge also wants to ask for reinforcements to Shandong reinforcements, he only has 20,000 or 30,000 people in his hands, he needs to guard all parts of Shandong, and he also needs to guard against the attack of the Ming army to the north at any time, the troops are insufficient, and he needs to allocate troops and horses as soon as possible, otherwise Shandong can be kept, he doesn't know.
"Didn't Duoduo send a letter a few days ago to say that Nanjing has been breached, the Ming army is in a crush, and he is transferring troops to collect various places, why is it only a few days, it will be like this?" Zilharang was also incredulous, but he didn't expect that what he was waiting for was not the triumphant figure of Duoduo, but the battle report that almost wiped out the entire army.
"How do I know what the hell is going on, that's how Hauge's war report is written......" Dolgon said with some frustration, unable to contain the anger in his heart.
He came like this all of a sudden, immediately everyone lowered their heads, no longer spoke, some people were gloating in their hearts, Dorgon's fiasco, what a heavy blow to Dorgon, what they wanted to see was Dolgon's violent death in a fit of anger, that would be the best, Dolgon was in power, relying on might, almost everyone was afraid of him, not obeying him.
"Since you haven't even figured out the situation, then find everyone here at this time, hum!" Zilharan is not a temperamental person, and at the moment Dolgon yelled at him, making him lose face, and at this moment he also had a seizure, and walked straight away.
Zilharang is Nurhachi's nephew, he has followed Nurhachi since his youth to conquer the south and the north, and was awarded the title of Heshuobeile for his military exploits, and is one of the eight great Heshuobeile who jointly controlled the state politics during the Nurhachi period, and is also one of the four princes of the Huang Taiji era. In terms of age, military merits, and prestige, few people in the Qing Dynasty can reach it, when the emperor Taiji died violently, and did not set up an heir, he was in favor of Haojie to inherit the throne, but Dolgon colluded with Shunzhi's biological mother Concubine Zhuang, and wanted to support Shunzhi Emperor Fulin, for the sake of the overall situation, Zierharang admitted, but he could not be bullied casually, so at this moment he was also angry and left, so as not to give Dolgon face.
"You ......" Dolgon was very angry, but it was not easy to attack, so he could only swallow his anger, and at this critical juncture, if Zilharan separated from him, then his political position would be very dangerous.
"Mr. Fan, you are a Sanchao veteran, tell me what you mean, what should I do now?" Dolgon turned his attention to his old minister Fan Wencheng, a courtier who had served the Qing Dynasty since the Nurhachi period and was one of the people he relied on the most.
Fan Wencheng also took a step forward at the moment, bowed down and replied: "Regent, the most important thing at the moment is to find out the situation of the war, and at the same time assign troops and horses to garrison Henan and Shandong, in case the Ming army counterattacks, Shandong has Prince Su Haoge here, and he can still hold on, but Henan is different, it is Gao Di who is stationed in Henan!" ”
Gao Di, the former general soldier of Daming Mountain Customs, when Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, was not discussed with Gao Di, this is Wu Sangui and his henchmen, knowing that the Manchu army cooperated with Wu Sangui to defeat Li Zicheng, Gao Di knew the truth, at that time he had no way to escape, only to surrender, in April this year, was appointed to guard Henan Kaigui General Army, if Gao Di rebelled, then their forces in Henan are very dangerous.
"Immediately let Luck Dehun and Ye Chen, who went to Jiangnan, go to Henan to take over the defense of Henan, and let Azig garrison Shaanxi to guard against the rebels, as for Shandong, Haoge still has 30,000 troops in his hands, and I think I can hold on for some time, and then I will send troops to reinforcements." Dolgon also immediately issued a will, arranged defense, and listened to Fan Wencheng's reminder that Henan is a very important matter, but it must be defended well, and there can be no loss.
"Jiangnan gains and losses, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses are lost, including more than 20,000 children of the Eight Banners, and our army, it is a major loss, and it will also add many obstacles to the future conquest of Jiangnan, the people of Jiangnan are only afraid that the heart of perseverance will be stronger, but I am afraid that a situation of confrontation between the north and the south will be formed, which is not conducive to my Qing Dynasty!" Fan Wencheng said again, there are some things he still hasn't said, that is, the north is tired, because of natural disasters and man-made disasters for many years, resulting in the north needs the south to dispatch for years to be self-sufficient, if they don't take Jiangnan, they have no ability to stabilize the situation in the north, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that even the confrontation between the north and the south will not be formed, and it will even cause a situation of being dragged down.
"And what do you mean?" Dolgon asked, taking the initiative to ask Fan Wencheng for advice.
Fan Wencheng didn't hide his selfishness, and said frankly at the moment: "I'm afraid that we have to negotiate peace first, we will stabilize the situation in the north first, and then we will go south when the time comes, and at the same time see if we can redeem Prince Yu, now that Prince Yu has fallen into the hands of the Ming army, we can't leave it alone!" ”
"You're right!" Dolgon also nodded and said, stabilizing the situation in the north is a state matter, redeeming Duoduo is a private matter, Duoduo's life and death are nothing to many people, but for him, it is a major matter with a broken arm, and he can't ignore it.
"You've worked hard all day, go back and rest, and discuss it tomorrow in the court!" Dolgon also waved his hand at the moment and gave the eviction order, not wanting to talk any more, and he didn't want people to see jokes anymore.
"Huh......" when a group of people left, Dolgon also sat there with a tired face, thinking of Duoduo's affairs, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, their mother Abahai was forced to commit suicide by Huang Taiji, when he was fifteen years old, Duoduo was only thirteen years old, these nearly 20 years, the two brothers depended on each other, deep feelings, he really didn't want to see Duoduo have an accident, died tragically in the hands of the Ming army.